The Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT Podcast

This week on Mr. Beacon we speak with Ed Treacy, Vice President of Supply Chain and Sustainability at International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), about the current state of food safety in the world. Ed explains to us all the information you need regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), as well as the opportunities for investment.Are we ever going to get to the point where we can limit food waste during an outbreak? Ed seems to think we’re well on our way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cesar Johnston has a lot to say about the future of the IoT. Capturing wireless energy to power devices has leapt beyond the theoretical. Energous is currently powering Wiliot's IoT Pixels and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) - an item-level communications revolution using ubiquitous frequencies.We also get a chance to learn about his career starting off at Bell Labs and some of the leading companies that lead the Wi-Fi evolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bluetooth tags have been revolutionary in connecting our digital and physical worlds, but have yet to achieve their full potential. What if the technology, marketing power, and infrastructure reach of the telecommunications industry were to get behind the Ambient IoT use cases which Bluetooth is starting to enable? It’s happening now. The standards bodies developing 5G & 6G have recently set their sights on Ambient IoT. This week, we talk with Amichai Sanderovich – a veteran of this space and Wiliot’s representative on the standards bodies that are driving 5G & 6G. With his help, we understand the current state of play of Ambient IoT as part of 5G and 6G, where it might go and what the implications are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sustainability and ESG are becoming major drivers of IoT projects. As entrepreneurs and solutions designers, we need to understand what ESG is and the people responsible for it, why they do what they do, and how they do it. On this week’s show we talk with Iñigo Canalejo, IFCO’s VP of ESG, and a veteran of sustainability. We also hear about IFCO’s market leadership and expansion of the use of Returnable Transport items/reusable crates used in the food supply chain and how this is changing the way food supply chains operate. Join us to learn about the world of ESG and arm yourself with the information you need to understand the ESG function and to embrace it as a part of your strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's inspiring that SAP has bestowed the title of "VP - Futurism" on someone.  And there is no better someone than Tom Raftery, who is a Global IoT Evangelist and thinker of deep thoughts across many domains. We start off exploring why there is such a tsunami of funding going into making supply chains resilient and sustainable.  And then we drill down (no fracking!) into Tom's role at SAP, including how to inspire audiences with both content marketing and keynote presentations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are huge opportunities to make our food supply chains more efficient (that’s a polite way of saying we waste obscene amounts of food). New technology from a Google backed startup called Strella can help. This week we talk to Strella’s CEO and Founder, Katherine Sizov, and learn more about the food ecosystem, cutting edge technology that is making a difference, and some real world entrepreneurial lessons about scaling a business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new GS1 EPCIS 2.0 standard is set to have a dramatic impact on the way we manage supply chains. Its functionality can drastically improve sustainability, trust, and efficiency. We talk to one of the key contributors to the standard, author, CTO, and entrepreneur Dominique Guinard about the “Why, What and How” of a standard that supports visibility of “What, When, Where, Why and How” for products. We also get the inside scoop on the acquisition by Digimarc of the company he co founded (Evrythng), and a preview of Living Web, the Physical Web reboot that Wiliot may be releasing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can profit and planet ever agree? This week's episode proves they can - thanks to World Friendly IoT - and our guest Ollie Smeenk explains how. Ollie is Co-CEO at SODAQ, and he shares fascinating insights about his company’s approach to developing energy harvesting edge devices for construction and shipping. The opportunities to reduce carbon footprints, measure change, and drive profits and savings with earth-friendly devices, are significant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interested in RTLS, asset tracking or Industrial IoT? You need to know about the new standard, Omlox, which is shaping the market with over 1,700 company members. Born out of the needs of European manufacturing giants, and the pioneering by Trumpf, the German industrial engineering pioneer.    Omlox promises interoperability for RTLS systems, a catalyst for growth for RTLS vendors and an insurance policy against lock-in for companies wanting to deploy RTLS. We hear about it from the father of the standard, Eberhard Wahl, Managing Director of TRUMPF Tracking Technologies GmbH. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re joined this week by Simon Molnar, who is the founder of Flagship, which is a company that is working to bring to physical retail the science of merchandising and inventory management which they perfected from running Australia’s largest online jewelry store. How will apparel retailers survive in the face of online competition and challenging headwinds? We talk in depth with Simon about the relative benefits of the different technologies that can bridge digital and physical retailing: RFID, machine vision and Bluetooth tags. He shares the insights and changes that the newest technology in this space can deliver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.